HMS Ardent (1782)
 Plan of Ardent
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Ardent |
| Ordered | 9 September 1779 |
| Builder | Staves & Parsons, Bursledon |
| Laid down | October 1780 |
| Launched | 21 December 1782 |
| Fate | Blown up, 1794 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Crown-class ship of the line |
| Type | Third rate |
| Tons burthen | 1387 (bm) |
| Length | 160 ft 5 in (48.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 44 ft 10 in (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 3+1⁄2 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | |
HMS Ardent was a Royal Navy 64-gun third rate. This ship of the line was launched on 21 December 1782 at Bursledon, Hampshire.[1] She disappeared in 1794, believed lost to a fire and explosion.
Career[]
In 1784 she was under the command of Captain Harry Harmood, serving as a guard ship at Portsmouth.
In 1793 she was under the command of Captain Robert Manners Sutton, sailing with Vice-Admiral Lord Hood at Toulon in August. She was part of a force detached under Robert Linzee to take part in the attack on Corsica in September.
Fate[]
In April 1794 Ardent was stationed off the harbour of Villa Franca, to watch two French frigates.[2] It is presumed that she caught fire and blew up. Berwick encountered some wreckage while cruising in the Gulf of Genoa in the summer that suggested fire and an explosion.[3] A part of Ardent's quarter deck with some gunlocks deeply embedded in it was found floating in the area, as was splinter netting driven into planking.[3] No trace was ever found of her crew of 500.[2]
Citations[]
- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.
- ^ a b Gosset (1986), p. 4.
- ^ a b Hepper (1994), p. 76.
References[]
- Gosset, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
External links[]
Media related to HMS Ardent (ship, 1782) at Wikimedia Commons
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